Singlespeed & Fixed Gear"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

Hey, I am buying my first bike in minutes and i neeed help picking a size.

I am 6' and have a standover of 31.5"

on the motobecane messenger they have standover heights of 31" for the 54cm and 31.7" for the 56cm. From searching it seems like 54 is small for a person of my height so I can't decide on them. Here is the geometry chart for the messenger.